Religion: Priest to the People

The room in the poor, teeming Paris suburb of St. Denis was bare and
cold. There, before only two kneeling couples last week, a young priest
celebrated his Sunday Mass. When it was over, he changed his vestments
for a workman's grubby overalls, and left with one of the men to meet
some friends in a workers' cafe for an aperitif and a cheap lunch and,
later, a football game. His companions through the day never thought of
him as a priest at all, and that suited him well enough, for he was a
member of the Mission de Paris.